Coin register bank



Nov. 11, 1941. s g ss com REGISTER BANK Filed July 15, 193? 6 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR. JACOB n smass ATTORNEY.

' Nova 11, 1941. J. s-nmss 2,252,475

COIN REGISTER BANK Filed July 15, 1957 6 Sheets-Sheet 2 80 INVENTOR.

49 JACOB nswznss ATTORNEY.

NOV. 11, 1941. D 5 s I 2,262,475

COIN REGISTER BANK FilQd July 15, 1957 6 Sheets-Sheet 4 INVENTOR. JACOB D. STI 2155 BY g W WQPMM ATTORNEY.

Nov. 11, 1941'. J.'D. STIRISS com REGISTER BANK Filed July 15, 1937 6 Sheets-Sheet 5 INVENTOR JACOB. D. STI QISS SMQJLMHWJI,

ATTORN EY Patented Nov. 11, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COIN REGISTER BANK Jacob D. Stiriss, Bronx, N. Y.

Application July 15, 1937, Serial No. 153,727

10 Claims.

This invention relates to multiple coin register banks, and more particularly to toy register banks, and has among its objects an improved coin register bank with an improved structural arrangement whereby a coin received by coin receiving means serves as an actuating link for actuating the coin registering means while the coin receiving means moves the coin from the coin receiving position to the coin depositing position.

A distinct feature of the invention is the simplified construction of such coin register bank and its casing.

Another particular object of the invention is a toy coin register bank in which all the principal cooperating elements of its structure and mechanism are made of sheet metal by stamping, bend ing and similar forming operations.

The foregoing and other objects of the invention will be best understood from the following description of exemplifications thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, wherein Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a three coin register bank exemplifying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a side wall of the bank;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the cover of the bank;

Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view through the bank casing structure along line 4-4 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a cross sectional view of the side wall of the casing structure along line 5-5 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 6 is a detailed cross sectional view of the wall formation of the cover along line 66 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 7 is a similar view along line 1-1 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 8 is a vertical cross sectional view through J the assembled register bank structure;

Fig. 9 is a cross-sectional view of the structure along line 99 of Fig. 8;

Fig. 10 is a partially cross sectional view of the structure along line l0-|0 of Fig. 11;

Fig. 11 is an elevational view of the mechanism along line |ll| of Fig. 8;

Fig. 11a is a cross sectional view similar to Fig. 9 along line lla-lla of Fig. 8;

Fig. 12 is a perspective view of the coin box with the coin registering and control mechanism;

Fig. 13 is a perspective view of the base of the coin box and the register bank casing;

Fig. 14 is a perspective view of the outer nickel register drum guide wall;

Figs. 15 and 16 are perspective views of the opposite sides of the coin receiving unit;

Fig. 17 is a transverse sectional view of the coin receiving unit along line l1l1 of Fig. 16;

Fig. 18 is a longitudinal cross sectional view through the coin receiving unit;

Fig. 19 is a transverse cross sectional view through a portion of the coin structure along line |9I9 of Fig. 18;

Fig. 20 is another cross sectional view of the details shown in Fig. 19;

Fig. 21 is a detailed cross sectional view of the coupling mechanism between the register drums of the mechanism shown in Fig. 8;

Fig. 22 is a developed view of the nickel drum structure;

Fig. 23 is a cross sectional view of the completed nickel drum structure;

Figs. 24 and 25 are elevational and side views of the claw arm of the control unit; and

Figs. 26 to 33 are cross sectional views showing the different positions of the cooperating elements of the coin receiving and coin control mechanism at diiferent stages of operation.

Although the various novel features of the invention are not limited to any specific arrangement ofa toy coin register bank, I shall describe them in connection with an exemplification in the form of a toy three-coin register bank shown in the drawings.

The various features of the invention will be described by reference to a specific exemplification thereof in the form of a nickel, dime and quarter register bank illustrated in the drawings. It comprises an outer casing shown in Figs. 1 to 13 formed of two side walls 4|, 42 and a cover 43 which are joined by the base 44 into a unitary structure. The opposite side walls 4|, 42 are formed of sheet metal and have inwardly bent flanges forming ribs 45 along the edges of the Walls. The cover 43 shown in Fig. 3 is formed of an elongated sheet metal strip that has its longitudinal edges bent into reinforcing channels 46 which fit over the ribs 45 of the side walls 4|, 42 so that upon inserting the ribs into the channels the side walls 4|, 42 and the cover 43 are joined into a self-supporting structure. The base plate 44 shown in perspective in Fig. 13 is formed of a solid sheet plate drawn to provide along its four sides recesses bounded on the outside by projecting ridges 41 and on the inside by projecting lugs 48 formed from the sheet plate by shearing and bending operations. A coin box 49 shown in perspective in Fig. 12 is formed of a sheet metal plate having downwardly bent side walls so terminating into outwardly projecting flanges 5| which fit into the recesses between the ridges 4! and lugs 48 of the base.

To assemble the several elements of the casing, the coin box 49 is mounted on the base plate 44 so that its flanges are gripped within the recesses between the ridges 41 and projecting lugs extending along the edges of the base plate. The two side walls 4|, 42 are then mounted adjacent the walls of the coin box 49 by inserting the bottom ribs 45 of the side walls into the recesses of the base plate, the bottom ribs of the side walls lying above the flanges 5| of the coin box.

The cover 43 is then slipped over the side walls 4|, 42 and the channels 46 along the edges of the cover areforced over the ribs 45 extending along the edges of the sidewalls, while the inwardly projecting flanges 52 at the front and rear edge of the cover 43 are forced into the recesses between the ridges 41 and the lugs along the front and rear sidesof the base plate over the front and rear flangesofthe coin box. The so assembled casing members are then joined into a strong self-sustaining casing structure by bending the inwardly projecting base plate lugs 48' extending along the recessed edges of the base plate, over the inwardly extending flanges 45 of the side walls, and through lug holes 53 in the sidewalls of the coin box, over the outwardly extending flanges of the coin box, so as to clamp the coin box, the side walls as well as the cover wall to the reinforced edges of the base without rivets or other special fastening means.

As shown in Figs. 2, 5 and 8, a register operating handle 54 of sheet metal, shown in detail in Fig. 4, has its lower end formed into a cup-shaped pivot member 55 which is pivotally mounted in an opening 55 in the side wall 42 of the casing by clamping the lugs 51 projecting from the base of the pivot member in slits of the clutch washer 58 mounted on the inner side of the wall, The clutch washer has inwardly projecting claws 59 for engaging and operating the coin registering and controlling mechanism mounted inside the casing by swinging the lever forwardly from its upward position and returning it to its normal upward position.

As shown in Figs. 8 to 12, the coin box 49 con stitutes the sole support of the coin registering and coin deposit mechanisms which are assembled, on the coin box 49 before assembling the casing structure.

The coin registering mechanism comprises two registering drums or numeral wheels 6|, 62 journalled on a shaft 63 extending through openings of three guide walls 64, 85, 66 of sheet metal which are mounted on the top of the coin box 49 by the locking engagement of bottom lugs 61 with slits in the top of the coin box and are braced at the top by a strap 68 in the way shown in Figs. 8, 9 and 12. The left drum 6| shown in Fig. 9, which serves as the dollar drum, for instance, is formed of a sheet member bent to form a cylindrical cup having an outwardly projecting annular guide flange I2 terminating into a set of ratchet teeth 13, the face of the drum cup having,

along its periphery a plurality of radial register slots I4 subdividing the periphery into a predetermined number of register segments 75, in the way shown in Fig. 9. The right drum 62, which serves as the nickel drum, for instance, is similarly formed into a. cylindrical cup having an outwardly projecting annular guide flange I6 terminating into a plurality of outwardly projecting teeth Ii, the peripheral portion of. thecup face being provided with two sequences of radial register slots I8, I9 separated by an annular guide strip extending between the sequences of register coupling slots I8, I9, in any way shown in Fig. 11a.

The sequences of register coupling slots on the two register drums 6|, 62 correspond to the sequences of register numbers provided on the cylindrical peripheries of the two drum cups. Thus, as indicated in Figs. 10 and 12, the periphery of the nickel cup 62 hasa sequence of twenty register numbers 0, 5, 10, 90, 95, and the dollar cup 5| has two consecutive sequences of numbers 1 to 10 corresponding to the twenty register coupling slots of the two cups, so that in formed from simple flat sheet metal stampings' made in the way shown in Figs. 22, 23, illustrating in Fig. 22 the flat sheet metal stamping of the metal drum 62 with its two rows of register coupling slots I8, '19 and its rim projections with the flange portion I6 and teeth 11, and in Fig. 23 the final shape of the nickel drum 62.

The register drums BI, 62 are held in their proper angular position in which the register numbers, visible through the register windows 85, 86, indicate the amount deposited in the coin box, through the engagement of the teeth '13, I1 of the two drums with a drum pawl 81 forming a part of a sheet metal member 88which is journalled on a pawl shaft 89 onthe rear of the guide walls 64, 65, .66" and is actuated by a biasing spring 90 fastened to the coin box to press the pawl projection into engagement with the teeth of the register drums in the way shown in Figs.

9 and 10 and permit either one or both register drums to be rotated on the drum shaft 63 and selectively advanced by one or more register segments. The pawl biasing spring 90 has a projecting bell arm SI carrying a sheet metal bell hammer 92 for sounding a bell 93 suitably mounted on a lug extending from the guide wall 84 so as to hit the bell each time the drum pawl is raised by a drum tooth when one of the two register drums 6|, 62 is advanced to the next higher registering position.

As shown in Figs. 8 and 9 and in more detail in Fig; 21, on a lug I00 formed on the inner cup r; face of the nickel drum 62 is pivotally mounted a claw arm IOI and a spring I02 which presses a claw I03 projecting from the end of the arm against an annular claw path on the adjacent intermediate guide wall 65 along which the claw rides during the rotation of the nickel drum 62 so as to normally prevent the claw I03 from engaging a register slot I4 of the dollar cup and thus couple the dollar drum 6| to the nickel drum 62] A short slot I04 through the nickel drum guide plate 65 atone portion of the annular claw path permits the nickel drum claw I03 to enter one of the register slots I4 in the the edge of the claw arm ll as soon as the dollar cup has been advanced to the next higher position, withdrawing the claw I03 from its coupling engagement with the slot I4 of the dollar drum 6|, and bringing it back to its retracted position in which it rides along the annular path of the guide plate until the nickel drum completes another revolution.

The selective coupling mechanism of the dollar drum 6I with the nickel drum 62 through the action of simple sheet metal elements formed by simple shearing and bending operations secures automatic advancement of the dollar drum 6| by one register segment 15 to its next higher registration position for each complete revolution of the nickel drum 62. Selective automatic advancement of the nickel drum 62 in accordance with the character of the deposited coin is effected by a coin deposit and control mechanism in the form of a chute unit I I0 which is pivotally mounted on the drum shaft 63 adjacent the outer guide wall 66 of the nickel drum 62 in the Way shown in Figs. 8, 10 and '12. The coin deposit and control unit IIO comprises a coin chute III formed of sheet metal walls II2 having edges with lug projections II3 which are clamped within slits of an arched channel member II4 provided with a coin receiving slot H5 so as to guide a coin dropped in the slot II5 between the chute walls H2 and the chute borders towards a grooved deflector member II6 on the top of the coin box 49 so as to deflect and guide the coin towards a coin stop I20, formed by a bridge section of a cam lever I2I mounted on a pivot pin I22 extending from the adjacent side wall rotation of the chute I I I from its normal coin receiving position shown in Fig. 26 in which the end of the rearward chute arch projection II8 forms a chute stop which rests across a coin inlet slot I25 of the coin box 49 so as to prevent dropping out of coins through the coin inlet slot I25 of the coin box 49 when the coin box is held in inverted position.

As shown in Figs. 10 and 12, a bracket I21 of sheet metal is secured to the front wall of the chute III and is journalled on the drum shaft 63 in front of the chute so as to provide an additional journalling support for the chute structure. The bracket is also provided with peripheral slots I28 adapted to be engaged by the clutch claws 59 of the operating lever 54 journalled in the side wall 42 of the register casing so that by swinging the operating lever the chute may be rotated on the drum shaft 63 from its normal coin receiving position shown in Fig. 26 to its forward position shown in Fig. 30 for depositing a coin dropped into the chute II I into the coin box 49 and registering the deposited coin on the registering mechanism in the way described hereinafter.

As shown in Figs. 12 and 26, the pivotally mounted arm I2! is normally held against a stop I30 formed on the side wall 50 of the coin box 49 by a spring I3I attached to the wall of the coin box. An inwardly projecting coin stop bar I32 extending from the cam lever I'2I through a slot I33 into the coin box 49 across the center of the coin inlet slot I25 serves as an additional coin stop to prevent a coin from dropping out through the coin inlet slot I25 when the register is held in inverted position when the coin chute III and its coin stop projection H8 is swung away from the coin inlet slot I25.

As shown in Fig. 17, the chute wall II2 facing the nickel drum guide wall 66 has formed thereon, as by shearing and bending, a lug on which is pivotally mounted a coin pick-up lever I40 having an upper arm terminating in a cam follower projection I 4| engaging, in the normal coin receiving position, an outward cam projection I43 formed on the adjacent guide wall 66 so as to hold the lower arm of the pick-up lever I40 with its projecting coin bar I in a retracted position away from the adjacent chute wall. The lower arm of the pick-up lever III has an inwardly projecting lower cam lug I44 and an outwardly projecting coin pick-up bar I45 which in its normal retracted position shown in Fig. 1'7 is held within a coin pick-up slot I46 in the adjacent chute wall II2 so as to permit a coin I41 dropped into the chute passage III to drop freely to the bottom of the chute. The lower coin lug I 44 comes into engagement with the coin segment I46 provided on the adjacent portion of the guide wall 66 and is so arranged that after a coin is dropped into the chute and the chute is rotated forwardly from the coin receiving position. the upper lever cam projection I4I leaves its engagement with the upper guide wall cam projection I43 while the lower lever cam projection I 44 comes into engagement with the lower guide wall cam segment I48 which forces the projecting coin pick-up bar I 45 into the chute passage. As a result, the rotation of the chute automatically interposes the pick-up bar I45 behind the coin I'4'I which has been dropped into the chute and rests between the chute walls H2 in the coin groove II! of the deflector H6 in front of the stop section I20 of the control arm in the way shown in Fig. 2. The lower cam segment I48 of the guide wall 66 extends over a sufficiently wide angle to keep the pick-up bar I45 inside the chute III back of the coin I41 during the further rotation of the chute while the coin is pushed by the pick-up bar I45 toward the inlet slot I 25 of the coin box.

Accordingly, when a coin is inserted into the coin receiving slot in the normal coin receiving position of the chute shown in Fig, 26, the coin drops towards the deflector H6 and is deflected along the deflector groove III against the stop section I20 of the cam lever I2I. A small forward rotation of the chute to the position shown in Fig. 27 brings the coin pick-up follower projection I4I out of its engagement with the upper guide wall cam I43 and into engagement with the lower cam segment I48 of the guide wall and interposes the pick-up bar I45 behind the coin I41. In the further forward rotation of the chute III, the coin I41 acts as a driving link between the pick-up bar I45 and the cam lever I2I, and as the coin is pushed toward the inlet slot I25 of the coin box 49 into which it drops, the coin I41 engages the stop section I20 of the cam lever I2I and tilts it in rearward direction in the way shown in Figs. 26 to 29.

As shown in Fig. 12, the inward end of the 'stop section I20 of the cam arm I2I has an upward cam extension terminating in an inwardly projecting cam lug I49 for actuating a claw mechanism which is pivotally mounted on the chute arch H4 and forms with the chute III the coin control chute structure IIO shown in Figs. 15 to 20.

The claw mechanism comprises a swinging claw support I5I, in the form of a sheet metal channel which is pivotally mounted on a pin I52 extending through the chute arch II 4, the inner channel wall of the claw support I5I having a downwardly extending cam projection I53 with a curved cam edge I54 which is actuated by the cam lug I49 of the cam arm I2I against the pressure of a spring I55 attached to the chute wall H2 so as to pull the swinging claw support I5I in the direction toward the shaft 63 on which the chute structure I I6 is rotated.

Inside the channel shaped swinging claw support I5I is mounted a claw arm I66 and a spring I6I which'presses a projecting claw I62 and an auxiliary lifting cam lug I63 extending from the side of the claw arm I66 through a guide slot I64 in the cam extension I53 of the support so as to urge the projecting end of the claw I62 against the outer surface of the adjacent drum guide wall 66. The swinging claw I62 is actuated by the rotation of the coin chute structure II6 from its normal coin receiving position shown in Fig. 26 to its utmost forward position shown in Fig. 30, and then back to its normal position of Fig. 26, for selectively controlling the operation of the nickel drum inraccordance with the character of the coin dropped into the chute slot. To this end, the coin controlled swinging claw I62 and its auxiliary lifting cam I63 are arranged to cooperate with a plurality of claw guideways provided on the guide wall 66 of the register drum mechanism facing the claw I62 and against which the claw I62 is urged by the conjoint action of the claw support spring I55 and the claw spring I6 I.

The various claw guideways are formed on the guide wall 66 by shearing and bending opera tions in the way shown in Fig. 14, and in Figs. 27, 28 and 30 to 33, and their arrangement will now be described by reference to the different operations.

In order to control the operation of the claw I62 when no coin has been dropped into the chute and prevent actuation of the registering mechanism, an innermost neutral guideway I66 is formed by a projecting guide wall edge which forms at its rear end a claw stop I61 against which the claw is pressed when the chute is in its coin receiving position shown in Fig. 26. The neutral guideway I66 is so shaped that when the register lever 54 is swung from its normal vertical position to its forward registering position and then returned to itsnormal vertical position while the chute is empty and no registration should be effected, the forward rotation of the chute causes the claw I62 to ride along the guideway I66 from the position against its rear stop I61 to the position shown in Fig. 30 and then to ride back till it returns to the stop I61 when the chute has been swung back to its coin receiving position shown in Fig. 26. As a result, the forward and backward ride of the claw I62 along the neutral guideway I66 does not effect any registration.

In order to control the operation of the coin controlled claw I62 when a quarter has been dropped into the chute, the guide wall 66 has formed therein an arouate nickel guideway slot I16 exposing five register coupling segments of the upper row register coupling slots 16 in the nickel drum 62 in the way shown in Figs. 14, 2'7 and 28. The quarter guideway slot I16 is so shaped that once the coin controlled claw I62 is brought, through the actuation by a deposited quarter, from its neutral stop I66 over the guide wall 66 to the rear edge I1I of the quarter guideway slot I16, the claw I62 enters into and engages the exposed nickel drum coupling slot 18 adjacent the rear edge I1I of the slot in the way shown in Fig. 28. The nickel drum 62 is now coupled with the rotating chute unit H6 and will be advanced by five register segments until a cam projection I12 formed on the guide wall 66 at the forward end of the slot I16 comes into engagement with the auxiliary lifting cam I63 so as to detract the claw I62 from its engagement with the upper register coupling slot 18 of the nickel drum. Thereupon the nickel drum is arrested in its advanced registering position by its drum pawl 81 and the retracted claw I62 is pulled by the claw support spring I55 against the front portion of the neutral guideway I66 over which it is then returned to the claw stop I61 when the chute is swung back to the normal coin receiving position of Fig. 26.

In order to effect the registration of a nickel deposit, a portion of the lower wall edge of the quarter guideway slot is utilized as a nickel guideway I15, which is so shaped that once the coin controlled claw I62 is brought, through the actuation by a deposited nickel, to the claw entry groove I16 of the nickel guideway I15, in the way shown in Fig. 31, the further rotation of the chute II6 forces the claw I62 to ride over a portion of the nickel drum guide strip 86 extending between the two rows of register coupling slots 16 and 19 of the nickel drum 62. In the further rotation of the chute II6, the claw I62 is lifted by the raised front portion I11 of the nickel guideway I15 above the guide strip 86 into engagement with the fourth exposed slot 18 of the nickel drum 62. The rotating chute unit H6 is now coupled with the nickel drum 62 and advances it by one register segment until the cam projection I12 at the front end of the guide wall slot I16 lifts the claw I62 out of its engagement with the nickel drum coupling slot 18. Thereupon the nickel drum is arrested in its advanced registering position and in the further motion of the chute unit II6 brought the claw I62 over the neutral guideway I66 back to the normal claw stop I61 as in the case of a quarter deposit.

In order to effect the registration of a dime deposit, the guide wall 66 has formed thereon a dime guideway slot I86 exposing two registering segments of the lower row of slots 19 in the nickel drum 62. The dime guideway slot I66 is so shaped that once the coin controlled claw I62 is brought, through the actuation by a dime deposit, to the rear edge I8I of the slot I86, the claw comes into engagement with an exposed lower coupling slot 19 of the nickel drum 62. The rotating chute unit is now coupled with the nickel drum 62 and advances it by two register segments until a cam projection I82 formed on the front edge of the dime guideway slot I86 comes into engagement with the claw cam I63 and lifts the claw I62 out of its coupling engagement with the nickel drum slot 19. Thereupon the nickel drum is arrested in its advanced registering position, and the further actuation of the chute III] by the register lever 54 brings the claw I62 over the neutral guideway I66 back to the normal claw stop I61 as described hereinabove.

In order to prevent an improper registration by the deposit of an odd coin, such as a penny, which has only a slightly larger diameter than a dime, the upper wall edge of the dime guideway slot I86 is bent outwardly to form an odd coin guideway ledge I85 which is so shaped that once the coin controlled claw I62 is brought by the actuation of the odd coin from its neutral stop I61 over the guide wall 66 against the rear end of the odd coin guide ledge I65, the further rotation of the chute IIO forces the claw I62 to ride over the ledge I85 and the portion of the guide wall 66 extending above the ledge I85 without establishing any coupling engagement with the nickel drum. The projecting end of the claw I62 is twisted to provide inclined guiding faces shaped in the way shown in Figs. 24 and 25 so that the moment it meets the rearward end of the odd coin guide ledge I85, the rotation of the coin chute will automatically raise the claw onto the ledge I85 over which it rides without entering into any registering slot until the claw cam I63 comes into engagement with the dime slot cam projection I02, whereupon the further motion of the chute unit I I returns the claw over the neutral guideway I66 to the normal claw stop I61 as in the case of a dime deposit.

In a similar way, any suitable number of guideways may be provided on the guide member facing the coin control unit for selectively controlling the coupling of the coin deposit mechanism with the coin register mechanism so as to register the deposited coins in accordance with the character of the coins and prevent registration of coins which should not be registered.

In accordance with the invention, the initial part of the motion of the coin deposit chute unit I I0 from its normal coin receiving position shown in Fig. 26 is utilized to bring the coupling claw member I62 of coin deposit unit IIO into engagement with one or another of the starting points of the several coupling controlling claw guideways described.

Thus, in case a quarter is dropped into the chute in the way shown in Fig. 26, the coin pickup bar member I45, the cam lever I2I with its coin stop member I20 and its cam lug member I45, and the claw support I5I with its cam surface I54 are so arranged and designed that de pending on the character of the coin dropped into the chute slot II5, the initial part of the forward rotation of the lever actuated chute unit IIO from the position shown in Fig. 26, past the position shown in Fig. 2'1, will by the selective driving link action of the deposited coin I41 held between the coin pick-up bar I45 and the coin stop member I20, bring the coupling claw I62 from its normal engagement with the claw stop I61 cf the neutral guideway I66 shown in Fig. 26 to the starting point of the guideway corresponding to the coin, namely, the quarter guideway rear edge I1I as shown in Fig. 28. In the further forward motion of the chute, the quarter claw guideway slot I with which the coupling claw I 62 has thus been brought into engagement supersedes the coin link in the control of the claw motion and causes the claw to effect the predetermined registration while the further rearward motion of the coin stop section I of the cam lever I2I pushes the coin toward the rear and deposits the quarter coin in the inlet slot I in the rear of the coin box 49 in the way shown in Fig. 29, all the elements being ultimately returned by means of the neutral guideway I66 to the normal cam receiving position in Fig. 26 in which the claw I62 rests again '1 against the claw stop I61.

If a nickel coin that is dropped into the chute l I I in its coin receiving position shown in Fig. 26 is to be deposited and registered, the similar cooperative action of the nickel with the several elements of the chute unit I I0 and the cam lever I2I bring the coupling claw I62 from its normal stop I61 into engagement with the starting point I16 of the nickel guideway I15 as shown in Fig. 31.

If a dime that is dropped into chute II I in its coin receiving position shown in Fig. 26 is to be deposited and registered, the similar cooperative action of the dime with the several elements of the chute unit H0 and the cam lever I2I bring the coupling claw I62 from its normal stop I61 into engagement with the starting point I8I of the dime guideway slot I00 as shown in Fig. 32.

In each of the foregoing cases, the further forward rotation of the chute unit IIO of the coin guideway with which the coupling claw I62 has been brought into engagement guides the claw I62 so as to effect the appropriate registration operation while the coin is deposited in the inlet slot I25 of the coin box, and after effecting the disengagement of the claw I62 from its coin guideway, the rearward rotation of the chute unit IIO returns the claw I62 to its stop I61.

In case an odd coin, such as a penny, is deposited in the chute and an attempt is made to register its deposit, the claw I62 is similiarly first brought into engagement with the rear end of the odd coin ledge I in the way shown in Fig. 33 to prevent the coupling of the chute to the register drum, while the further forward and return motion of the chute deposits the coin in the coin box without registering the deposited odd coin and brings the chute unit H0 back to its normal coin receiving position.

In order to assure that a large coin, such as a quarter, is not jammed between the stop section I20 of the cam arm I2I and the pick-up bar I45 which pushes the coin toward the inlet slot I25 of the coin box 49. the chute unit I I0 is provided with a release arm member I extending from the chute bracket I21 and having at its lower end a curved eccentric cam edge portion I6I which is brought into engagement with a coin release projection I92 provided on the cam arm I2I, in the way shown in Figs. 26 and 29, if such large coin is pushed by the pick-up bar I45 against the stop I20 of the cam arm I2I, during the initial part of the forward rotation of the chute.

During the further rotation of the chute unit H0, the curved edge I9I of its coin release arm I90 pushes the release projection I92 of the cam arm I2I and swings it together with its stop section I20 to the rear of the coin inlet slot I 25 so as to remove any obstruction against the entry of the large coin into the coin box 49. The cam edge I9I of the chute arm I90 and the coin release projection I92 of the cam arm I2I are so proportioned that the cam arm I2! is released by the chute arm I90 before it is brought to its utmost rearward position, and that in returning to the normal position shown in Fig, 26 the chute arm I90 passes freely above the retracted projection I92 of the cam arm I2I which is already back in the normal forward position shown in Fig. 26, in which its coin release projection is shown held beyond the path of the return motion of the chute arm I90.

In the coin controlled register mechanism of the invention described above, the motion of the revolvably mounted coin chute or coin receiving member I I0 is utilized to selectively operate an actuating mechanism comprising an oscillating supporting member I5I that is pivctally carried in an eccentric position on the revolvably mounted coin chute or coin receiving member H0, and which carries a driving clawmember I60 provided with a driving claw projection I62 which is subject- 7 ed to a generally axially parallel biasing force, ex- 7 erted by spring IGLacting in a general direction parallel to the shaft 63 or axis of revolution of the coin receiving member I I and an additional biasing force, exerted by spring I55, acting in a general direction transverse to said axially parallel biasing force so as to guide said driving projection on a guide wall member 66 exposing predetermined coupling portions of a register member and having guide surface portions forming guide path areas extending generally transverse to the generally axially parallel biasing force and cam surface portions forming distinct guide paths extending generally transverse to said additional biasing force, the guide surface portions and cam track portions being arranged so as to selectively guide said driving projection while held in engagement therewith by said biasing forces to a position ofdriving engagement with a coupling portion of said register member determined by the size of the coin.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 12, the cover plate has a coin slot I I5 which is aligned with the slot I I5 in the chute unit II I) when it is in the coin receiving position. The coin chute unit III] is rotated by the handle for actuating the registering mechanism and depositing the coin in the coin box, the arched member of the coin chute shutting ofl the coin slot N5 of the cover and preventing insertion of a coin.

The coin control mechanism described above prevents also operation of the machine when more than one coin hasbeen deposited through the coin slot H5 into the chute I II without registering the first coin, because the second coin lies back of the first coin facing the pick-up bar I45 and blocks the entry of the pick-up bar I45 into the chute. As a result, the rear portion of the pick-up bar is prevented from moving past the cam projection on the guideway and the chute is locked in the coin receiving position. However, any extra coins deposited in the chute may be readily removed from the chute without taking apart the mechanism by simply inverting the bank, because the extra coins are not in any way restrained by the cam mechanism. In other words, the deposit of a second coin locks the mechanism in the coin receiving position and prevents the movement of the chute mechanism and damage thereto, but it permits easy removal of the second coin to restore the operative condition of the mechanism.

As shown in Figs. 8 to 10, 11 and 12, the base plate 44 which forms the bottom wall of the coin box 49 is provided with a door 200 which is hinged on two hinge lugs 20I extending from the edge of the door opening. The door 280 is provided with an arcuate bolt strip 203 extending through a slitZM in the base and terminates in a lug 295 which swings the door to its closed position when the register is placed on a support. The upper arched portion of the door bolt 203 is provided with two lock projections 235 which are normally locked by the peripheral flanges 72 and 16 of the dollar and nickel drums 6|, 62, respectively. To permit opening of the door after a predetermined amount of coins has been deposited in the box, for instance, ten dollars, short peripheral portions 208 and 209 of the drum flanges of the several drums GI, 62 are cut out so that when the drums are brought into a predetermined registering position corresponding to a predetermined amount of coins deposited in the coin box, the cutouts 208 and 209 of the two drums will be aligned with the two lock projections 206 of the door bolt 203 and permit the door to be swung open for removing the deposited coins.

In the particular exemplification of the invention shown in the drawings, with the coin box door arranged to be opened after depositing ten dollars, the flange I6 of the nickel drum 62 is provided with one cutout 209, the flange I2 of the dollar drum GI is provided with two cutouts 208, and the drums are so mounted that the cutout 209 of the nickel drum 62 and one or the other cutout 258 of the dollar drum GI are aligned in the path of the bolt projections 285 to permit opening of the coin box door.

The foregoing arrangement of the door and the door bolt assures that after the door has been opened and the coins removed, the positioning of the bank on a support automatically pushes the end of the door bolt back into the coin box and closes the door. Simultaneously, the .two bolt projections B are brought into the locking position adjacent the flanged edges of the drum cups and are automatically looked upon the deposit of one coin and remain locked until a pretermined amount of coins has been deposited in he coin box.

In the coin register bank of the invention described in connection with the exempliflcation shown in the drawings, a registering mechanism having a revolvably mounted differentially operated register member, such as the penny numeral wheel or drum 62, has imparted thereto a variable movement predetermined by the character of the deposited coin by means of a rotary coin controlled actuating mechanism. The actuating mechanism comprises a revolvably mounted coin receiving member, such as a coin chute I I0 which carries an excentrically pivoted driving structure in the form of the oscillating member I5! and the claw-like driving member I69 pivotally mounted on the oscillating member I 5| arranged to be guided on a guide member, such as the guide plate 66 with its camtracks and openings, shown in detail in Fig. 14, for selectively controlling the motion of the driving member after it is brought. into engagement with anelement of one of the cam tracks for selectively imparting a variable movement to the revolvably mounted register member predetermined by the character of the deposited coin corresponding to its denomination. The oscillating driving member I is selectively brought into engagement with the predetermined element of a cam track of the guide member plate 65 by the coin driven member in the form of the coin actuated arm I2I incident to the motion imparted to the coin when the coin chute is moved from the coin receiving position to the coin depositing position.

All the cooperating elements of the mechanism and the structure together with the cam members and cam surfaces are made of sheet metal by simple stamping, bending and similar forming operations. The several elements of the structure are arranged so as to be assembled into a positive operating rugged structure by the provision of lugs and slits in the individual members incident to the stamping and forming operations, thus simplifying the assembly and eliminating the necessity of external fastening means, such as rivets or screws.

The features of the invention described in connection with the specific exempliiication in the form of a register bank will suggest many other applications of the same. It is accordingly desired that the appended claims be given a broad construction commensurate with the scope of the invention.

I claim:

1. In a coin registering device, a support, a registering mechanism having a differentially operative register member revolvably mounted on said support, a coin receiving member revolvably mounted on said support for movement between a coin receiving position and a coin depositing position for depositing a received coin, a guide member on said support having guide surface portions and exposing predetermined coupling portions of said register member, an actuating mechanism comprising an oscillating member pivotally carried in an eccentric position by said receiving member for oscillatable movement in a direction substantially parallel to the surface of said guide member, and having a driving projection biased in a direction lateral to the direction of motion of said receiving member for engagement with a guide surface portion of said guide member so as to be selectively guided thereby to a position of driving engagement with a predetermined coupling portion of said register member, and a coin driven member pivotally mounted on said support and arranged to be moved by a received coin during the motion of said receiving member into engagement with a selected surface portion of said oscillating member for actuating it to move said driving projection along a predetermined guide surface portion of said guide member correlated in a predetermined manner to the size characteristics of the coin.

2. In a coin registering device, a support, a registering mechanism having a differentially operative register member revolvably mounted on said support, a coin receiving member revolvably mounted on said support for movement between a coin receiving position and a coin depositing position for depositing a received coin,

a guide member on said support having guide surface portions and exposing predetermined coupling portions of said register member, an actuating mechanism comprising an oscillating member pivotally carried in an eccentric position by said receiving member for oscillatable movement in a direction substantially parallel to the surface of said guide member, and a driving member carried by said oscillating member having a driving projection biased in a direction lateral to the direction of motion of said receiving member for engagement with a guide surface portion of said guide member so as to be selectively guided thereby to a position of driving engagement with a predetermined coupling portion of said register member, and a coin driven member pivotally mounted on said support and arranged to be moved by a received coin during the motion of said receiving member into engagement with a selected surface portion of said oscillating member for actuating it to move said driving projection along a predetermined guide surface portion of said guide member correlated in a predetermined manner to the size characteristics of the coin.

3. In a coin registering device, a support; a registering mechanism having a differentially operative register member revolvably mounted on said support; a coin receiving member revolvably mounted on said support for movement between a coin receiving position and a coin de- CIT positing position for depositing a received coin; an actuating mechanism comprising an oscillating member pivotally carried in an eccentric position by said receiving member for oscillatable movement along a surface generaly perpendicular to the axis of revolution of said coin receiving member, and having a driving projection subjected to one biasing force acting in a general direction parallel to said axis of revolution and to an additional biasing force acting in a general direction transverse to said one biasing force; a guide member on said support exposing predetermined coupling portions of said register member and having guide surface portions forming guide path areas extending in a general direction transverse to said one biasing force, and cam track portions forming distinct guide paths extending generally transverse to said additional biasing force arranged so as to selectively guide said driving projection while held in engagement therewith by said biasing forces to a position of driving engagement with a predetermined cou pling portion of said register member; and a coin driven member pivotally mounted on said support and arranged to be moved by a received coin during the motion of said receiving member into engagement with a selected surface portion of said oscillating member for actuating it to move said driving projection along a predetermined guide path area portion of said guide member to a predetermined cam track portion correlated in a predetermined manner to the size characteristics of the coin; the elements of said oscillating member and said guide member being so arranged and shaped that during the motion of the receiving member subsequent to the engagement of the driving projection with a predetermined cam track portion of said guide member said predetermined cam track portion controls and determines the path of the further motion of said driving projection along said guide member for causing said driving projection to be brought opposite a coupling portion of said register member predetermined by the size characteristics of the coin.

4. In a coin registering device, a support; a registering mechanism having a differentially operative register member revolvably mounted on said support; a coin receiving member revolvably mounted on said support for movement between a coin receiving position and a coin depositing position for depositing a received coin; an actuating mechanism comprising an oscillating member pivotally carried in an eccentric position by said receiving member for oscillatable movement along a surface generally perpendicular to the axis of revolution of said coin receiving member, and a driving member carried by said oscillating member having a driving projection subjected to one biasing force acting in a general direction parallel to said axis of revolution and to an additional biasing force acting in a general direction transverse to said one biasing force; a guide member on said support exposing predetermined coupling portion of said register member and having guide surface portions forming guide path areas extending in a general direction transverse to said one biasing force, and cam track portions forming distinct guide paths extending generally transverse to said additional biasing force arranged so as to selectively guide said driving projection while held in engagement therewith by said biasing forces to a position of driving engagement with a predetermined coupling portion of said register member; and a coin driven member'pivotally mounted on said support and arranged to be moved by a received coin during the motion of said receiving member into engagement with a selectedsurface portion of said oscillating member for actuating it to move said driving projection along a predetermined guide path area portion of said guide member to a predetermined cam track portion correlated in a predetermined manner to the size characteristics of the coin; the elements of said oscillating member and said guide member being so arranged and shaped that during the motion of the receiving member subsequent to the engagement of the driving projection with a predetermined cam track portion of said guide member said predetermined cam track portion controls and determines the path of the further motion of said driving projection alongsaid guide member for causing said driving projection to be brought opposite a coupling portion of said register member predetermined by the size characteristics of the coin.

5. In a coin registering device, a support; a registering mechanism having a differentially operative register member revolvably mounted on said support, a coin receiving member revolvably mounted on said support for movement between a coin receiving position and a coin depositing position for depositing a received coin, a guide member on said support having guide surface portions including opening portions exposing predetermined coupling portions of said register member, an actuating mechanism comprising an oscillating member pivotally carried in an eccentric position by said receiving member for oscillatable movement in a direction substantially parallel to the surface of said guide member, and having a driving projection biased in a direction lateral to the direction of motion of said receiving member for engagement with a guide surface portion of said guide member so as to be selectively guided thereby to a position of driving engagement with a predetermined coupling portion of said register member, and a coin driven member pivotally mounted on said support and arranged to be moved by a received coin during the motion of said receiving'rnember into engagement with a selected surface portion of said oscillating member for actuating it to move said driving projection along a predetermined guide surface portion of said guide member correlated in a predetermined manner to the size characteristics of the coin, certain edge portions of the opening portions of said guide member and wall portions of said register member exposed through said opening portions being correlated to conjointly control a part of the motion of said driving projection toward the position in which it establishes a driving connection with a predetermined coupling portion of said register member. I

6. In a coin registering device, a support, a registering mechanism having a differentially operative register member revolvably mounted on said support, a coin receiving member revolvably mounted on said support for movement between a coin receiving position and a coin depositing position for depositing a received coin, a guide member on said support having guide surface portions including opening portions exposing predetermined coupling portions of said register member and raised portions projecting laterally from said guide member, an actuating mechanism comprising an oscillating member pivotally carried in an eccentric position by said receiving member for oscillatable movement in a di-v rection substantially parallel to the surface of said guide member, and a driving member carried by said oscillating member having a driving projection biased in a direction lateral to the direction of motion of said receiving member for engagement with a guide surface portion of said guide member so as to be selectively guided thereby to a position of driving engagement with a predetermined coupling portion of said register member, and'a coin driven member pivotally mounted on said support and arranged to be moved by a received coin during the motion of said receiving member into engagement with a selected surface portion of said oscillating member for actuating it to move said driving projection along a predetermined guide surface portion of saidguide member correlated in a predetermined manner to the size characteristics of the coin.

'7. In a coin registering device, a support, a registering mechanism having a differentially operative register member revolvably mounted on said support, a coin receiving member revolvably mounted on said support for movement between a coin receiving position and a coin depositing position for depositing a received coin, a guide member on said support having a plurality of guide surface portions and exposing predetermined coupling portions of said register member, an actuating mechanism comprising an oscillating member pivotally carried in an, eccentric position by said receiving member for oscillatable movement in a direction substantially parallel to the surface of said guide member, a coin pick-up member pivotally carried by said coin receiving member and actuable by said guide member to engage a coin deposited in said receiving member during the initial part of its motion from the coin receiving position and to move it toward the.

coin depositing position during the further motion of the receiving member, said oscillating member having a driving projection biased in a direction lateral to the direction of motion of said receiving member for engagement with a guide surface portion of said guide member so as to be guided thereby to a position of driving engagement with a predetermined coupling portion of said register member, and a coin driven member pivotally mounted on said support and arranged to be actuated by the moving coin to move into engagement with a selected surface portion of said oscillating member for actuating it to move said driving projection along a surface portion of said guide member correlated in a predetermined manner to the size characteristics of the coin. v V

8. In a coin registering device, a support, a registering mechanism having a differentially operative register member revolvably mounted on said support, a coin receiving member revolvably mounted on said support for movement between a coin receiving position and a coin depositing position for depositing a received coin, a guide member on said support havinga plurality of guide surface portions including raised portions projecting laterally from said guide member and exposing predetermined coupling portions of said register member, a coin pick-up member pivotally carried by said coin receiving member and. actuable by said guide member to engage'a coin deposited in said receiving member during the initial part of its motion from the coin receiving position and to move it toward the coin depositing position during the further motion of the receiving member, an actuating mechanism comprising an oscillating member pivotally carried in an eccentric position by said receiving member for oscillatable movement in a direction substantially parallel to the surface of said guide member, and a driving member carried by said oscillating member having a driving projection biased in a direction lateral to the direction of motion of said receiving member for engagement with a guide surface portion of said guide member so as to be guided thereby to a position of driving engagement with a predetermined coupling portion of said register member, and a coin driven member pivotally mounted on said support and arranged to be actuated by the moving coin to move into engagement with a selected surface portion of said oscillating member for actuating it to move said driving projection along a surface portion of said guide member correlated in a predetermined manner to the size characteristics of the coin.

9. In a coin registering device, a support, a registering mechanism having a differentially operative register member revolvably mounted on said support, a coin receiving member revolvably mounted on said support for movement between a coin receiving position and a coin depositing position for depositing a received coin, a guide member on said support having a plurality of guide surface portions including raised portions projecting laterally from said guide member and exposing predetermined coupling portions of said register member, an actuating mechanism comprising an oscillating member pivotally carried in an eccentric position by said receiving member for oscillatable movement in a direction substantially parallel to the surface of said guide member, and a driving member carried by said oscillating member having a driving projection biased in a direction lateral to the direction of motion of said receiving member for engagement with a guide surface portion of said guide member so as to be guided thereby to a position of driving engagement with a predetermined coupling portion of said register member, and a coin driven member pivotally mounted on said support and arranged to be actuated by the moving coin to move into engagement with a selected surface portion of said oscillating member for actuating it to move said driving projection along a surface portion of said guide member correlated in a predetermined manner to the size characteristics of the coin, certain edge portions of the opening portions of said guide member and wall portions of said register member exposed through said opening portions being correlated to conjointly control a part of the motion of said driving projection toward the position in which it establishes a driving connection with a predetermined coupling portion of said register member.

10. In a coin registering device, a support, a registering mechanism having a differentially operative register member movably mounted on said support, a coin receiving member revolvably mounted on said support and operative to move a received coin from a receiving position to a coin depositing position; a guide member on said support having a plurality of guide surface portions and exposing predetermined coupling portions of said register member, an actuating mechanism including an oscillating member pivotally carried in an eccentric position by said receiving member and having a driving projection biased in a direction lateral to the direction of the motion of said receiving member for engagement with a guide surface portion of said guide member so as to be guided thereby to a position of driving engagement with a predetermined cou-' pling portion of said register member, and a coin driven member pivotally mounted on said support and arranged to be actuated by the moving coin to move into engagement with a predetermined surface portion of said oscillating member for actuating it to move said driving projection along a surface portion of said guide member correlated in a predetermined manner to the sizecharacteristics of the coin, said coin driven member being biased to a predetermined normal position and having a coin releasing portion normally located outside the path of the motion of said receiving member and so arranged that during the initial part of the motion of the coin receiving member from its receiving position a large coin advanced thereby will actuate said driving member to interpose its said coin releasing portion across the path of said receiving member so as to be directly actuated thereby into a position in which it releases the coin during the further motion of said coin receiving member.

JACOB D. STIRISS. 

